Preventable Tragedies
Unrestrained driver killed in Calcasieu Parish crash on I-10
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - An unrestrained driver died in Calcasieu Parish Thursday after striking the trailer of a Peterbilt on I-10, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers from Troop D were notified of a two-vehicle fatal crash on I-10 near mile marker 5, just east of US Hwy 90 (Exit 4) in Calcasieu Parish, at 3 p.m. Thursday, September 2, according to Derek Senegal, spokesman for Troop D. The crash claimed the life of the driver whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to Senegal.
Read More11-year-old boy struck, killed after vehicle breaks down on Michigan Avenue in Van Buren Township
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – An 11-year-old boy was struck and killed on his way to school in Van Buren Township. Police said the boy was struck at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday (Aug. 31) after his mother’s car broke down on Michigan Avenue near Denton Road. “It made me come straight out of a deep sleep and made me sit straight up because there was so many police and fire and ambulance coming down our road.
Read More2 injured in 2-vehicle crash on I-57 near Benton exit
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 in Franklin County at 3:25 a.m. on Tuesday, August 31. The crash was reported in the northbound lanes at the 70 mile marker, which is just south of the Benton exit. According to Illinois State Police, a car was stopped in the middle of the road and a SEMI tractor-trailer coming up a hill hit the car.
Read MoreMan dies in A303 crash involving broken-down vehicle
Officers were called to the scene on the A303 between Podimore and Ilchester in Somerset at 21:30 BST on Monday. Avon and Somerset Police said a black Isuzu Rodeo pick-up collided with a red Mazda 6 car which had broken down. The man in the pick up was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not been formally identified, but his next of kin have been made aware, police said.
Read MorePickup hits disabled car near Zephyrhills, killing car’s driver, troopers say
The victim was a 23-year-old Tampa man whose disabled vehicle was parked on the shoulder and the roadway. A pickup truck slammed into the back of a disabled car that was parked partially on a roadway south of Zephyrhills, killing the driver of the car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred at 11:58 p.m. Monday on U.S. 301 north of Chancey Road. The victim was a 23-year-old Tampa man whose disabled car was parked on the shoulder and the roadway.
Read MorePolice: Man’s body found 2 days after car crashed into Adrian Township woods
ADRIAN TWP. — An Adrian man’s body was found Monday afternoon about 50 feet from a car that was located in a wooded area off Bent Oak Highway, police reported Tuesday. Adrian Township police and firefighters were dispatched at 3:49 p.m. Monday to the area of Bent Oak Highway and Shepherd Road for a crash, and a single vehicle was found in the woods along Bent Oak, about 100 feet off the road, a news release from the Adrian Township Police Department said.
Read MoreWeekend crash on Highway 101 kills 19-year-old San Jose woman
A 19-year-old woman died in a weekend crash on Highway 101 after the vehicle she drove hit a center retaining wall and then was struck by two other vehicles as it went back across the highway, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened at about 3:10 a.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes, south of Fair Oaks Avenue, according to a statement from CHP spokesman Officer Ross Lee. Authorities identified the woman as Briana Jones, of San Jose.
Read MoreWendell man killed on Route 2 Sunday; was struck while changing tire
LEOMINSTER — A Wendell man was killed Sunday evening when he was struck by a motorist on Route 2 while changing a flat tire on his truck, according to State Police. On Sunday at about 6:45 p.m., the State Police’s Leominster Barracks was advised of a multiple-vehicle crash with possible serious injuries on Route 2 westbound in the area of the 100.8 mile marker in Leominster. When troopers arrived on scene they immediately requested EMS.
Read MoreWest Palm Beach woman killed in car accident on Southern Boulevard
A 60-year-old West Palm Beach woman who was helping a motorist pick up items on the road was struck and killed Saturday evening when a pickup truck crashed into her, deputies said Sunday. Tammie Sue Olbeter was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6 p.m. crash at Southern Boulevard and Kirk Road, according to a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Her LinkedIn page indicates she was a property manager.
Read MoreMichelle Fletcher Killed in Crash with Disabled 18-Wheeler on I-75S in Macon, GA
Macon, GA – August 28, 2021, 32-year-old Michelle Fletcher was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 South in Macon. Authorities say the incident happened around 6:00 p.m. on I-75S near the exit to Hartley Bridge Road. Preliminary investigation suggests a commercial 18-wheeler was disabled in the second-to-left lane of the roadway with cones behind it when a Kia Sorento crashed into the back of its trailer.
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